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Football is born
It Was created originally as a combination of Rugbee and Soccer -
The First Professional football player to be paid
William Heffelfinger is the first man to ever be paid to play football. He was paid 500$. In the first game he played he scored a touchdown off a fumble. -
The first Football association is created (APFA)
Created by a group of well-known men, Jim Thorpe and George Halas in Canton Ohio. -
The APFA become known as the NFL
Jim Thorpe became the first president of the NFL -
The First NFL draft is held
The first NFL draft is held at Ritz-Carlton hotel in Philadelphia. It was created so that teams would be more balanced -
The first NFL game is televised
NBC became the first network to ever air a full professional game. Only 500 NewYorkers got to see the game because of the lack of televisions that were available. -
"The Greatest Game Ever Played"
The first game to ever go into overtime was played it was considered the best game ever played because of the unpredicted outcome. This game is considerd the game that made football popular. -
Football become Americas favorite sport over Baseball
A National survey is held and football is considered to be America's favorite past time over baseball. -
The First NFL Super Bowl
This first world series game set out the track for football as we know it today. Vince Lombardi lead the packers to the win. Because of how many time the Packers won the Super Bowl while Vince Lombardi was their coach the Super Bowl trophy is named the Vince Lombardi trophy. -
The Ice Bowl
This is the coldest game in NFL history because of this it's known as the ice bowl. Played at Lambeau field the packers were adapted to playing in the frigid weather but the game was close ending with the packers winning 21-17. The lowest tempature recorded during the game was -13 degrees -
Prime time football is created
For the first time football airs every week on the same day. This is thanks to ABC executive producer Roone Arledge. Because of this man Football is on every sunday (during the season) -
The Fog Bowl
The Bears won against the eagles in the historic fog bowl. It is known as the most difficult game ever played in NFL history because of the players not being able to see each other. -
The best quarterback ever joins the New England Patriots
Tom Brady gets drafted into the New England Patriots. He only played one game until 2001 when Drew Bledsoe got injured. He won 11 games out of the 14 that season. -
The Tuck rule is created
The rule was for quarterbacks. It said that if quarterbacks lose the ball in their throwing motion or if the bring the ball back after they change their mind it counts as a incomplete pass -
The Greatest comeback in NFL history
The patriots came back from a 28-3 game. The patriots won the game with a 25 point deficit. This is considered by this generation as "The Greatest game ever".
